Upside Down Bird's team-based arcade action platformer Shroom Siege has been announced for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4|5, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam. The game is schedule to release in 2025.
The fungus kingdom spreads its tendrils and controls surrounding insectoids to claim dominance. Start as a mini mushroom with the power to infect and sway the minds of mightier life forms. Show off superior shroom strategy in 4v4 multiplayer madness.
Strive for victory in three ways: Shrine, Shogun, and…Poop?! Master multiple mounts to outwit opposing fungi, such as the merciless Mantis, equipped with razor-sharp claws to cut down the competition. Win three of the following Victories to emerge triumphant:
Shroom Siege features:
Shrine Victory: Command Minions to collect enough small orbs to offer as sufficient tribute to surrounding shrines. Watch for danger and move quick! Minions respawn indefinitely, so going for the Shrine means playing it safe.
Shogun Victory: Eliminate the opposing Shogun three times. Control the mighty flying Shogun and cut down any adversary lower than them with its samurai sword. High-risk, high-reward: fatal missteps bring the other team closer to their own Shogun Victory!
Poop Victory: Force foes to smell the stench of defeat by mounting a Dung Beetle to slooowly roll a poopy payload to the opposite side of the map. Winners often report this as the most satisfying way to win. Losers often claim it’s the most humiliating.
Each single-screen map makes all characters and strategies visible at all times. Beyond quick reflexes and witty tactics, Shroom Siege also encourages communication and coordination. Gather friends locally or play online, forming two teams of four with cross-platform functionality. Join matchmaking alone or with a squad and test those shroom skills around the world.
“The original version of Shroom Siege was created during the 2023 Global Game Jam,” said Ben Hamrick, Developer at Upside Down Bird. “Like a mushroom, the project kept growing, and we hope others will enjoy our wacky, fast-paced multiplayer game.”
Shroom Siege will be available on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4|5, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam in 2025.
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IXION is a city-builder that requires you to be vigilant, to constantly assess and reassess, to learn and adapt. If you and your crew are to endure, you must confront the perils of space, while at the same time uncovering its secrets and extracting its resources. Danger, however, will come from within as well as without; you’ll need to establish, maintain and develop the Tiqqun’s infrastructure while managing the station’s population, deciding how best to answer their pleas so as to maintain their trust in you and the mission.
After launching on PC to critical acclaim, including Best Strategy title at the Gamescom awards, IXION combines city building, survival elements and exploration, into a thrilling space opera among the stars. Propelled onwards throughout a gripping narrative & perilous journey, players are charged with finding a new home for humanity working for DOLOS Aerospace Engineering Corporation as the Administrator of the Tiqqun space station.
Maintaining hull integrity, bringing in new resources and managing power consumption will all be tasks of critical importance to keep the station sound and the overall mission alive.
IXION is available on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5.
Selecta Play (@SelectaPlay) and Gatera Studio (@gaterastudio) announced the upcoming release of ANTRO, an innovative 2.5D rhythm-action puzzle platformer. The game is set to launch on multiple platforms, including Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC through both Steam and the Epic Games Store in 2025.
After The Collapse, only 1% of humankind survived and was forced to take refuge underground. Under the old city of Barcelona stands ANTRO, a dirty and dark hole divided into geographical strata. The inhabitants of the lowest levels fight for survival by working forced labour, while the ones in the higher levels rule over the new underground world.
ANTRO’s government has become a totalitarian system, handing power over to a corporation based on technological overproduction and the automation of sectors known as La Cúpula. Freedom of speech has been censored, art and music are forbidden, and a rebellion seems to be coming to life inside the den in which they’re living.
Journey through the most remote places in the underground metropolis of ANTRO, and join the protagonist, Nittch, as you embark on a mission to deliver a package to a mysterious, unknown recipient. While you’re at it, how about overthrowing the totalitarian government of La Cúpula? Play with urban music in a thrilling adventure full of action, puzzles and 2.5D platforming.
Explore ANTRO to the rhythm of hip hop, drill, R&B, and electronic music, and move around the city overcoming obstacles in your way, be it by resolving puzzles or traversing the environment using parkour. But be prepared to run at full speed, as the pursuits in ANTRO are plentiful and both you and the scenario will move in synchrony with the music. But remember: the enemy is always lurking.
ANTRO launches digitally on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store in 2025.
Selecta Play and Broken Bird Games confirmed that first-person psychological horror narrative Luto will launch in early 2025 across digital stores on Xbox, PlayStation and PC via Steam,
Luto is a first-person psychological horror narrative experience where players embody a person living in despair and unable to leave their house. Finding the way to leave will lead them through a series of paths challenging their senses and uncovering untold fears and phobias.
Explore the pain of losing a loved one, the horror of the insecurity to the darkness that lurks behind the anxiety and depression. Enter a mysterious place full of secrets to discover and challenges to face. Deciphering it all will not be an easy task. Will you be able to tell facts from fiction? Discover an environmental and sensory horror where you will experience the fear of numerous phobias.
Luto is scheduled to release in early 2025 on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC via Steam.
Independent developer Longterm Games (@GamesLongterm) announced that its sci-fi management simulator, StarKeeper, is coming to Xbox Series, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC. Watch the official announcement trailer here!
StarKeeper is an isometric 3D game where players will strive to satisfy the needs of diverse guests, aiming to make their tavern the talk of the entire galaxy. They will achieve this by serving the best food, offering clean and comfortable rooms, and providing affordable fuel.
StarKeeper features:
Travel – explore diverse star systems and meet their inhabitants. Visit planets with unique climates, from icy to tropical, each offering special goods for sale. Confront challenging travel hazards like meteor showers, mood-altering nebulae, or galactic conflicts. React to dynamically changing circumstances in procedurally generated regions of space. The places you visit will leave a mark on your asteroid in the form of new residents, cultural elements, or artifacts.
Trade – develop your own trading network to gain access to a rich variety of products. To achieve this, you'll need trade and transport permits in various star systems. Sounds complicated? Smuggling is always an option!
Management – oversee buildings and workshops that provide food, drinks, oxygen, and fuel. Gather a team of robotic workers ready to assist in various tasks, while you enjoy decorating rooms in your tavern. Arrange tables, chairs, and specialized machines, including kitchen equipment that allows experimenting with dishes.
Relationships – forge connections by satisfying the needs of diverse guests, influenced by their race and faction allegiance. Meat-eaters, vegetarians, pacifists, and warriors - all are welcome within the walls of your tavern, but each group requires specific types of food, rooms, and decor. The most discerning customers may refuse to share space with others. Build friendships with factions or attempt to eliminate them in a political game. The fate of the cosmos will be shaped by your choices, and as the owner of a respected establishment, you can influence agreements and conflicts among cosmic nations.
StarKeeper will be released first on PC, with versions for Xbox Series S/X, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch coming after the launch.
Independent developer btf (@BTFcologne) revealed that their new first-person character-driven adventure, The Berlin Apartment, is in development for Xbox, PlayStation and PC. Watch the new trailer teasing a century of stories!
The Berlin Apartment. The game’s story is told in a series of episodes over the course of the last century. Each episode tells its own story – with its own protagonists, in its own genre, with a very different atmosphere. What connects these tales is a historic apartment in Berlin that serves as the scene of the action.
The Berlin Apartment begins when a handyman is tasked with refurbishing an old apartment. Thanks to the COVID situation, he has a daughter to watch over and homeschool during the extensive renovation work. As he digs deeper and deeper into the history of the apartment, he brings it to life by telling its stories to his daughter. Relics from past times turn out to be silent witnesses – and former companions – of the apartment's former inhabitants.
Dive into the lives of those that lived within the apartment’s four walls. Experience their dreams and the dangers that haunt them, live the hellos and goodbyes that defined their lives, witness their adventures, uncover memories and mysteries.
The Berlin Apartment Features:
Treasure hunt: Discover relics and traces that reveal the history of an apartment and its former inhabitants.
Each episode is unique: Delve into moving short stories with unique gameplay twists for each new story.
Beautiful and refreshing artstyle: Explore detailed 3D environments in a colorful comic-book aesthetic.
A changing Berlin: Experience the unique historic backdrop of a colorful city and its turbulent past.
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